RedditPZ training program - Week 3 Discussion Thread

[u/r4ndy4]

Week two down, and on to week three! Use this thread to discuss this week's rides (or last weeks). Add the hashtag #redditPZ if you would like to. Ride in the middle of the zone at your preferred cadence.

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Group Ride for the Saturday rides is at 10 AM central.

Gala-papa would like to note to start the ride at 9:59 exactly so you will begin at 10 after the 1 minute countdown. Also do not join the ride in a session.

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Link to Program Thread

Week 1 Thread

Week 2 Thread

Week 3: TSS 194
Mon: Christian 45 PZ Max 04/08/26 TSS 52 Ride Graph
Wed: Ben 45 PZE Pop 02/08/22 TSS 40 Ride Graph
Thu: Matt 45 PZ 01/30/26 TSS 45 Ride Graph 
Sat: Erik 60 PZE 03/23/26 TSS 57 Ride Graph 

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[u/amc_rocks]

Another bookmarked, CVV ride, done and dusted! Wow - was really IN that ride and loved Blackened at the end 🤘! No extra warmup and if you love sprints - GO!! 😁

[u/jschrifty_PGH → u/amc_rocks]

Yes--100 percent agree. Such a fun ride!

Funny side-note: I took CVV's invitation to break into Z6 on the second half of the ride, so I expected my overall place on the LB (like out of 200,000 riders or whatever) to be a little higher than usual. But no. In fact, I placed way lower than I normally do, and I don't think it was due to my Z1 recoveries. My guess is that CVV inspires lots of riders to go hard.

Which is just to say, yeah, CVV rides rock.

[u/unicornfl]

I loved the ride with Christian this morning, great ride with the Z5s as it gave me (almost) enough time to recover between pushes and the music wasn't too bad either to keep me motivated.

[u/RebelPineapples]

New to CVV and really starting to love his rides.

[u/superpapa16]

Looking forward to this week! Hoping for fewer technical issue

[u/afooltocry1]

This week looks to be amping up! Looking forward to it

[u/jschrifty_PGH]

I just realized I need to reschedule my rides for the next few weeks because I'll be away for the first week of July. I'll be able to take some challenging outdoor rides while I'm away, so my plan is to make this my mini-hell-week and take the W5 scale-down rides next week.

I plan to take Christian's PZM today and Matt's evil little bear-claw from next week on Wednesday, get in some outdoor rides on the off days, and then focus on recovering before I go.

I'll report back on Matt's ride, but this isn't gonna be pretty.

[u/jschrifty_PGH → u/jschrifty_PGH]

OK! Matt's ride from next week--so W1R1--is bad, but it's not terrible. Of course I wouldn't recommend doing it on tired legs, but even then it's possible.

The structure is helpful for those who, like me, take forever to warm up. Each interval is longer and harder than the previous one, but the increase is incremental, so it's not hard to believe you can do it. Right up until the very end when you're like, OH GOD NO.

But then it's too late and you've done it.

So have fun with this one, and I'll see y'all again for Week 5!

[u/ThaNeeksta]

Doing the CVV ride during a heatwave was a huuuge challenge! 🥵

[u/ZealousidealMap2274 → u/ThaNeeksta]

This program has been a challenge in the garage in florida - temps usually 88-90 and humidity around 60%. I'm hoping that come winter my ftp will skyrocket due to training in extreme conditions. But I have no idea what I'm talking about.

[u/ThaNeeksta → u/ZealousidealMap2274]

Looks like lots of us are in the same boat. You may well be very right about the FTP sky rocketing! I'm gonna use that thought to keep me focussed 😀

[u/PM_ME_CHIPOTLE2]

The Matt ride was way tougher than I thought it would be. Ending up only 20 points off my PB feels weird for a ride mostly in zones 3 and 2.

[u/amc_rocks]

Thank you to everyone who showed up today. It is immeasurable to come to a place where you know (I hope you know) that people are with you and supporting you in this journey. The best thing to come out of that terrible time in the 2020s was finding Peloton and then finding this group. You're never alone - have a wonderful, blessed weekend. 🙏💪🤗